New Untitled Deck by user5948174

Format: Commander

Commander: Y'shtola, Night's Blessed

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 28

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper Spellslinger Control build centered around Y'shtola, Night's Blessed. The primary strategy pairs high-cost interaction and control spells with incremental life drain and steady card replenishment. In the early turns, the deck deploys two-mana artifacts and defensive taxes to prepare for Y'shtola on Turn 3. Once assembled on Turn 4, every noncreature spell with mana value 3 or greater triggers Y'shtola to deal 2 damage to each opponent and gain 2 life, while enabling end-step card draw whenever 4 life is lost. Mid-game turns scale this drain engine through trigger multipliers like Delney, Streetwise Lookout and attrition threats like Court of Ambition and Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian. A comprehensive removal suite consisting of sweepers, uncounterable spot removal, and counterspells keeps opposing boards suppressed. The deck closes games around Turn 9 through accumulated burn damage, attrition loss, and combat from tall threats like Elenda, Saint of Dusk.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Alhammarret's Archive
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 As Foretold
  • 1 Austere Command
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Baral's Expertise
  • 1 Bilbo, Thief in the Night
  • 1 Caduceus, Staff of Hermes
  • 1 Choked Estuary
  • 1 Cleansing Nova
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contaminated Aquifer
  • 1 Court of Ambition
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Darkwater Catacombs
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Desertion
  • 1 Desolate Mire
  • 1 Drannith Magistrate
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elenda, Saint of Dusk
  • 1 Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian
  • 1 Fetid Heath
  • 1 Final Judgment
  • 1 Flare of Malice
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Glamdring
  • 1 Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
  • 1 Haughty Djinn
  • 1 Helm of the Ghastlord
  • 1 High Fae Trickster
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kambal, Consul of Allocation
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Mai, Scornful Striker
  • 1 Mind Flayer
  • 1 Mists of Lórien
  • 1 Monologue Tax
  • 1 Murderous Rider // Swift End
  • 1 Norn's Annex
  • 1 Observed Stasis
  • 1 Papalymo Totolymo
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Port Town
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Press the Enemy
  • 1 Profane Command
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Relic of Legends
  • 1 Rewind
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Skycloud Expanse
  • 1 Slaughter
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sublime Epiphany
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Sunken Ruins
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unwind
  • 1 Valgavoth's Lair
  • 1 Vindicate
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Wizard's Staff
  • 1 Y'shtola, Night's Blessed